Here’s the list per CBS News on this date Nov. 23…..
Picks ARE picks….
The top choices will have to go before the US Senate for conformation….
Others just get the job if they survive media and internal Republican reviews…..
A few of the top choices ARE ‘touch and go’…
With Republicans taking control of the Senate, many of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are likely to face an easy path to confirmation, even some who may be controversial. The president-elect is aiming to announce all of his Cabinet-level picks by Thanksgiving.
On Nov. 21, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick to be attorney general, withdrew from consideration, and a new choice was announced a few hours later.
Full list of Trump’s Cabinet picks and other top staff so far
Here are the people Trump has chosen for critical Cabinet posts and other top White House and administration jobs:
- White House chief of staff: Susie Wiles
- Secretary of state: Marco Rubio
- Attorney general: Pam Bondi (after Matt Gaetz withdrew)
- Deputy attorney general: Todd Blanche
- HHS secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought
- U.N. ambassador: Elise Stefanik
- “Border czar”: Tom Homan
- Defense secretary: Pete Hegseth
- Secretary of veterans affairs: Doug Collins
- National security adviser: Michael Waltz
- Interior secretary: Doug Burgum
- Secretary of energy: Chris Wright
- Secretary of transportation: Sean Duffy
- Secretary of commerce: Howard Lutnick
- Secretary of education: Linda McMahon
- Secretary of the treasury: Scott Bessent
- Secretary of labor: Lori Chavez-DeRemer
- White House counsel: William McGinley
- U.S. Ambassador to NATO: Matthew Whitaker
- Secretary of homeland security: Kristi Noem
- HUD secretary: Scott Turner
- CIA director: John Ratcliffe
- Director of national intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard
- EPA administrator: Lee Zeldin
- Solicitor general: Dean John Sauer
- FDA commissioner: Marty Makary
- Secretary of agriculture: Brooke Rollins
- CDC Director: David Weldon
- FCC chairman: Brendan Carr
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator: Dr. Mehmet Oz
- Surgeon general: Dr. Janette Nesheiwat
- U.S. ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee
- U.S. ambassador to Canada: Pete Hoekstra
- U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York: Jay Clayton
- Department of Government Efficiency: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
- Deputy chief of staff: Dan Scavino
- Deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser: Stephen Miller
- Deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs: James Blair
- Deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel: Taylor Budowich
- Presidential Personnel Office head: Sergio Gor
- White House communications director: Steven Cheung
- White House press secretary: Karoline Leavitt
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